Extra charges on hotel rooms, rental cars and meals add up to $34.91 a day

8:48 PM,
Oct. 2, 2012

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Visitors pay among the highest travel taxes in the nation when they come to Indianapolis - 17 percent on hotel rates, 15 percent on rental cars and 9 percent on meals.

That adds up to an average single-day, combined travel tax of $34.19, according to the Global Business Travel Association, which ranked Indianapolis No. 8 on its list of the worst 10 cities for travel taxes.

The rankings are based on the amount of hotel, car rental and meal taxes paid by travelers in the top 50 travel destinations in the United States. ...